Clarisse Prêtre

Clarisse Prêtre is a French CNRS researcher and Associate Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), specializing in ancient Greek religious practices, votive systems, and material culture analysis. She is affiliated with multiple institutions including UMR 6566 CReAAH at University of Rennes 2, "Nucleo de Pesquisas dos Ex-Votos" at Federal University of Bahia, and LAAB Laboratory at University of Versailles. Her work bridges epigraphic textual analysis with paleopathological and archaeological data, focusing on miraculous healing practices from antiquity to modern times.

• University of Rennes 2 (Incoronata excavation)
• Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)
• University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
• State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Her research examines:

• Votive offerings in ancient Greece
• Semantic analysis of religious inscriptions
• Continuities in Mediterranean and Brazilian devotional practices
• "Irrational" medical therapies in antiquity
• Materiality of healing rituals
• Cultural syncretism in religious objects

Recent publications analyze:

• Onomastic patterns in healing deity names
• Isiac hymns' textual polysemy
• Thasian Artemis' magico-religious duality
• Comparative studies between Greek and Brazilian ex-votos
• Material management in Delian sanctuaries